UK Education Policy

As I am sure most of you are aware there is soon to be an election in the UK. It will be held on Thursday 7th June and it is currently looking extremely likely that Labour will be re-elected. One issue which has gained almost no coverage is Education. I find this very surprising since it is such an important topic. What little debate there is on education focuses on class sizes, not on key issues such as university tuition fees and Labour’s new education initiatives.

Labour have also failed to do anything about the shocking state of teacher’s pay and the huge void in the teaching profession. If anything they have made it worse with their new “initiatives”. I have heard numerous teachers condemning Labour’s policies, one of whom was a prestigous headmaster:

Now I am currently suffereing under the new A Level system, I am shortly to suffer University Tuition fees and I am semi-suffering Key Skills. Of all of Labour’s new policies the only real success has been the literacy hour.